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Certificates of Recognition were awarded to the members of the DPWH Quality Management System Overall Core Team and Secretariat during the recent Awarding Ceremony of ISO 9001:2015 Certification at the UP Theatre, Diliman, Quezon City.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has achieved 100 percent certification of its Quality Management System in 2017 with all the 220 offices nationwide compliant against ISO 9001:2015 standards.

The Department of Public Works and Highways will be deploying composite team from the District Engineering Offices nationwide to assist motorists and the general public from October 30 to November 2, 2017.

Under the DPWH Lakbay Alalay Program for the All Saints Day, DPWH assistance units will be available on strategic locations starting Monday, October 30, 2017 at 5PM until Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 12 noon to provide personal and prompt assistance on normal and emergency situations on a round-the-clock shift.

The Department of Public of Works and Highways (DPWH), through the Iloilo 2nd District Engineering Office together with the Iloilo Provincial Government and the Municipality of Janiuay, Iloilo conducted palliative / remedial works in Suage River influencing Suage Bridge along Iloilo-Capiz Road (old route) at Janiuay town this weekend.

Motorists from Iloilo City bound north, vice versa, will soon have alternate route with the construction of the Barotac Nuevo Junction Iloilo East Coast- Capiz Road By-pass road.
The said by-pass road, which includes the Road Right-of-Way (RROW) acquisition, is implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office VI, with the contract cost of P99.739 million.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar, representing the government of the Philippines receives today, October 24, 2017 the construction equipment for the rehabilitation and recovery of the war-torn Marawi City from the People’s Republic of China represented by People’s Republic of China Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua.

After conducting an aerial and on-the-ground inspection of Marawi City, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now working on timely completion of site development works where the first batch of transitory houses for Marawi siege evacuees will be built.

“The area being developed by DPWH in Barangay Sagongsongan, Marawi City, can accommodate 1,100 families. We are doing everything we can to finish it by November ,” Mark Villar noted.

After conducting an aerial and on-the-ground inspection of Marawi City, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now working on timely completion of site development works where the first batch of transitory houses for Marawi siege evacuees will be built.

“The area being developed by DPWH in Barangay Sagongsongan, Marawi City, can accommodate 1,100 families. We are doing everything we can to finish it by November ,” Mark Villar noted.